The dark side of Christmas how the festive season often sees rise in domestic violence and stealing
is often dubbed the most wonderful time of the year but for some the festive season sparks a rise in domestic violence and theft.
With booze flowing and families gathered under one roof, tensions can run high and lead to a spike in domestic violence.
Thefts are also on the rise over the Christmas period, as people scramble to get gifts for their children and loved ones that they simply cant afford.
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Domestic violence is a growing issue in countless Australian homes.
With the festive season now in full swing, recent data obtained by Daily Mail Australia shows an increase in violence on Christmas morning and again on New Years Eve.
The people most at risk when it comes to domestic violence in Australia typically are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, young women, pregnant women and women with disabilities.
Women experiencing financial hardship or who have witnessed domestic violence as children are also susceptible.
Experts have warned that Christmas is one of the worst times for domestic abuse, and alcohol is often to blame.
It happens when households under financial or social stress get together and drink a lot of alcohol, Don Weatherburn, a director for NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, said.
And when you mix stress with alcohol, you get violence.
Tracy Phillips, a spokeswoman from Bonnie Support Services, often sees a high proportion of women seeking refuge from abusive partners at the end of January.
Typically, the terrified women spend the Christmas period planning their next move.
The most important thing is their safety and to get out as soon as possible, she said.
Juliet Potter, founder of womens homelessness charity White Caravan, pointed to a direct link between financial abuse and a rise in domestic violence cases.
She added many Australian women or men feel trapped in abusive and unhappy relationships because cant afford to start again elsewhere.
All roads lead back to finances, she said.
Festive theft has also become rampant in recent years.
With retail and department stores often at near capacity across the nation, thieves get to work.
Popular items favoured include womens perfume or mens cologne, clothes, shavers, batteries and electronic items.
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Smartphones are also often ripped from display boxes but the items usually have a dead handset and are worthless.
The introduction of self service checkouts in recent years has resulted in supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths losing at least dollar 1billion in collective annual revenue from dishonest customers.
Police and lost prevention officers, who often patrol department and retail shops out of uniform, will be out in force again this festive season in a bid to stamp out shoplifting.
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